MECHANICAL HEMOLYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH A BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL-VALVE COMBINED WITH A CALCIFIED AORTIC-VALVE STENOSIS

Authors
KONSTANTOPOULOS K KASPARIAN T SIDERIS J VOSKARIDOU E LOUKOPOULOS D
Citation
K. Konstantopoulos et al., MECHANICAL HEMOLYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH A BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL-VALVE COMBINED WITH A CALCIFIED AORTIC-VALVE STENOSIS, Acta haematologica, 91(3), 1994, pp. 164-165
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Acta haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015792
Volume
91
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
164 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5792(1994)91:3<164:MHAWAB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a case of severe mechanical hemolysis occurring 8 years afte r insertion of a bioprosthetic mitral valve in a patient who also suff ered from aortic valve stenosis. It is suggested that the coexistence of two malfunctioning valves may lead to hemolysis via hemodynamic and turbulence alteration and that this condition is more frequent than e xpected for isolated valve involvement.